[Shotimes] OT: Cadillac CTS
Ian Fisher
dataflash@yahoo.com
Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:35:42 -0700 (PDT)
You're probably correct. A friend of mine has an LS400
that I love. I think that Lexus makes a high quality
product; I just don't like the ES series..
Ian
--- George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:43:32 -0700 (PDT), Ian Fisher
> wrote:
>
> >I thought that the next course with the Lexus ES300
> vs
> >the Cadillac CTS was going to be a joke. I've never
> >really liked the ES300 (it reminds me of the
> upscale
> >Camry that it is) and I decided yesterday that I
> >preferred the styling of the STS over the CTS. The
> >ES300 was boring to drive. It plowed through the
> >course with the inside front tire lighting up on
> every
> >hard corner.
>
> Are you sure it wasn't an ES330? Not that it would
> matter....
>
> My GS300 wasn't that bad at Putnam Park. I didn't
> expect much from it, because it
> doesn't have any midrange-up power (relative to a
> SHO), and because of that it would
> be left in the dust at Thunderhill. But with short
> straights and predictable
> corners, like at PP or maybe Blackhawk, it was a
> contender. The worst thing was the
> tires....they slid all over the place. If it'd had
> a set of RE730s, like Lowrider
> did at Summit Point in 2002, I think it would have
> done VERY well....point and
> shoot!!
>
> It probably won't go on the track again, but it WILL
> get some good wheels/tires, and
> maybe some Tokikos, down the road. I'm very pleased
> with it.
>
> Then, all it'll need is a turbocharger, then I'm
> ready for Kirby, Mark, and Josh!!
>
> ...yeah, RIGHT!!!
>
> ;-)
>
> George
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